Neath Port Talbot

Glamorgan (), or sometimes Glamorganshire (Welsh: Morgannwg [mɔrˈɡanʊɡ] or Sir Forgannwg [ˈsiːr vɔrˈɡanʊɡ]), was one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolition in 1974. It is located in South Wales. Originally an early medieval petty kingdom of varying boundaries known in Welsh as Morgannwg (or Glywysing), which was then invaded and taken over by the Normans as the Lordship of Glamorgan. The area that became known as Glamorgan was both a rural, pastoral area, and a conflict point between the Norman lords and the Welsh princes. It was defined by a large concentration of castles.

The Caerhendy television relay station was sited at Caerhendy in the Afan Valley, a few kilometres north of Junction 40 on the M4 motorway at Port Talbot. It was originally built in the 1980s as a fill-in relay for UHF analogue television. It was sited at the clubhouse of the soccer ground at Ynys Park and consisted of a mere 3 m aluminium mast carrying a vertically stacked yagi array. The transmitter served about 50 houses in Caerhendy, about 500 m across the valley to the east, which for reasons of geography couldn't get a signal from Mynydd Emroch transmitter just to the south.

Cefn Saeson (Ysgol Gyfun Cefn Saeson) is a mixed, English-medium comprehensive school in the Cimla suburb of Neath, Wales. The school serves 11 to 16-year-olds living in Cimla, Tonna, Tonmawr, Pontrhydyfen and parts of Neath. The school is located on Afan Valley Road. A new school was built in 2021 on the football field of the existing school dating from the early 1970's and now demolished. 'Cefn' can have a meaning in English of mountain ridge and 'Saeson' means Englishman. The school motto is 'Bid Ben, Bid Bont' ('To be a leader, one must be a bridge')

Cilfrew television relay station is sited on a hill south of the village of Tonna, at least 2 km across the valley from Cilfrew in the Neath Valley. It was originally built in 1981 as a fill-in relay for UHF analogue colour television serving the villages of Cilfrew itself, Aberdulais and Tonna. It consists of a 30 m self-supporting lattice mast standing on land which is itself about 80 m above sea level. The transmissions are beamed to the north. The Cilfrew transmission station is owned and operated by Arqiva.

Coed Hills Rural Artspace is a sustainable community close to the village of St Hilary in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, approximately 8 miles (13 km) west of Cardiff.

The Mynydd Emroch television relay station is sited on the eponymous hill to the east of Port Talbot. It was originally built in the 1970s as a fill-in relay for UHF analogue television. It consists of a 25 metres (82 ft) self-supporting lattice tower standing on a hillside which is itself 600 ft (183 metres) above sea level. The transmitters are beamed southwards to cater for those digital terrestrial TV subscribers in Port Talbot and Margam which for reasons of geography can't get a signal from the Kilvey Hill transmitter across the bay at Swansea. The Mynydd Emroch transmission station is owned and operated by Arqiva.

Nation Radio Wales is a regional radio station, broadcasting to south and west Wales on FM and across Wales on DAB. It is owned and operated by Nation Broadcasting and broadcasts from studios near the St Hilary transmitter on the outskirts of Cowbridge.

Penscynor Wildlife Park was a wildlife and safari park located near Neath in South Wales.

The Pontardawe television relay station was originally built in 1974/1975 as a relay for UHF analogue television. It consists of a 45 m self-supporting lattice mast standing on a hillside which is itself about 160 m above sea level (about 100 m above the town). Currently, the transmitters cater for most of the digital terrestrial TV subscribers in the towns of Pontardawe and Alltwen and in the nearby villages of that section of the Tawe valley. The transmission station is owned and operated by Arqiva.

Pontardawe Tinplate Works was a tinplate works in Pontardawe, Wales. The factory was founded in 1843 by William Parsons, as the Primrose Forge and Tinplate Works. In 1861, it was leased from him by William Gilbertson, by which time it comprised nine mills. The workforce was largely recruited from amongst mainly Welsh-speaking former coal miners after local seams had been exhausted.

Pontardawe Town A.F.C. (Welsh: Clwb Pêl Droed Tref Pontardawe) are a football club based in the town of Pontardawe. They play in the Ardal SW League.

The Cwmgors television relay station is sited on high ground at Gwaun Cae Gurwen to the north of the village of Cwmgors in south Wales. It was originally built in 1983 as a fill-in relay for UHF analogue colour television covering the communities of Cwmgors, Gwaun Cae Gurwen and Tairgwaith. It consists of a 25 m self-supporting lattice steel mast standing on a hillside which is itself about 180 m above sea level. The transmissions are beamed broadly south to cover its targets. The Cwmgors transmission station is owned and operated by Arqiva.

The 1998 Wales Rally GB (formally the 54th Network Q Rally of Great Britain) was held between 22–24 November 1998 as the final round of the 1998 World Rally Championship season.

The Dulais Valley, one of the South Wales Valleys, is traversed by the River Dulais in southwest Wales north of the town of Neath, Wales.

Dwr-y-Felin Comprehensive School (Welsh: Ysgol Gyfun Dŵr-y-Felin) is a comprehensive school in the Cwrt Herbert community of the town of Neath in South Wales, Wales. The school badge shows a watermill and mill stream in reference to the school name, in English 'water of the mill' or 'mill stream'. The badge also uses the acronym DCS to represent Dwr-y-Felin Comprehensive School.

Dyffryn Cellwen is a village in the County Borough of Neath Port Talbot, South Wales. It is situated in the upper Dulais Valley near the junction of the A4109 and A4221 roads, northwest of the smaller settlement of Banwen. It is part of the community of Onllwyn.

Dyffryn Comprehensive was a split-site 11 to 16 years comprehensive school based in Port Talbot, South Wales.

The Efail Fach television relay station is sited on a hill west of the villages of Efail Fach, Cwm Pelenna and Tonmawr. It was originally built in the 1980 as a fill-in relay for UHF analogue colour television serving all of those settlements. It consists of a 15 m self-supporting lattice mast standing on a hill which is itself about 160 m above sea level. The transmissions are beamed to the east towards the Pelenna valley. The Efail Fach transmission station is owned and operated by Arqiva.

Glan Afan Comprehensive School (Welsh: Ysgol Gyfun Glan Afan) was a mixed comprehensive school which served the town of Port Talbot, Wales, and its surrounding areas for 120 years. It was opened in 1896 as Port Talbot Intermediate School under the provisions of the Welsh Intermediate Education Act 1889. The school closed in July 2016 to facilitate the merger of Glan Afan itself, Cwrt Sart Comprehensive, Sandfields Comprehensive and Traethmelyn Primary School into the ultra-modern £40millon 'super-school', Ysgol Bae Baglan.

The Gleision Colliery mining accident was a mining accident which occurred on 15 September 2011 at the Gleision Colliery, a drift mine at Cilybebyll in Neath Port Talbot, in Wales. The accident occurred while seven miners were working with explosives on a narrow coal seam. Following a blasting operation into a separate disused flooded mine network to increase air-circulation, the tunnel in which the miners were working began to fill with water. Three of the miners escaped, with one being taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries, while the others were trapped underground. A search and rescue operation was launched to locate the four remaining miners, but they were found deceased the following day. The incident is the worst mining disaster to occur in Wales for three decades.

The Gwyn Hall was previously a four-storey Victorian theatre in the town centre of Neath, Wales. Following a fire in 2007 it was substantially rebuilt, retaining its facade but moving the theatre to the ground floor, with flexible seating configurations. The third floor houses a cinema pod and a third screen for films with retractable seating. In addition, a glass atrium cafe was added to the frontage which was previously the car park.

Kenfig Hill (Welsh: Mynydd Cynffig) is a village in Bridgend County Borough, South Wales. It is bordered by Pyle to the south-west, Cefn Cribwr to the north-east, North Cornelly to the south and Moel Ton-Mawr mountain to the north.

The Port of Port Talbot is located on the River Afan estuary next to Port Talbot Steelworks in the industrial town of Port Talbot, South Wales. The whole basin complex covers about 500 acres (2.0 km²), consisting of: an inner set of floating docks, developed from 1834 onwards; and an outer tidal basin, completed in 1970. Owned and operated by Associated British Ports, the tidal basin has the deepest berthing facilities in the Severn estuary and is one of only a few harbours in the UK capable of handling Capesize vessels of up to 170,000 tonnes deadweight (DWT), mostly for the import of iron ore and coal for use by nearby Port Talbot Steelworks.

Port Talbot Power Station was a proposed 1,100–1,300 MW natural gas-fired power station in Port Talbot, situated in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. A proposed 350 MW biomass power station would have been sited next door to it.

The South Wales Miners' Museum is a museum of the coal mining industry and its workforce in the South Wales Coalfield. It is located at Cynonville within the Afan Forest Park Visitor Centre in the Afan Forest Park, near the small village of Cymmer in Neath Port Talbot.

Craig Ty-Isaf is a small hillfort in Baglan community, Neath Port Talbot, in South Wales. It is one of three hillforts on the area of hillside known as Mynydd y Gaer, and is within Briton Ferry Woods. The hillfort is on the SW side of the hill, overlooking Baglan, an oval enclosing some 0.2ha. A broad rubble bank forms the oval enclosure, and on the east two further banks mean that the area of banks and ditches encompasses a much larger area for the site as a whole, which is a Scheduled Monument. There are various internal features thought to be the result of more recent test cuts for mineral extraction.

Croes eglwysig o'r 10g ac a gerfiwyd o garreg ydy Croes Cynfelin (Hen Gymraeg: Conbelin), (hefyd: Croes Margam) a saif ar safle Abaty Margam, Castell-nedd Port Talbot; cyfeiriad grid SS801864. Cofrestwyd yr heneb hon gan Cadw gyda rhif SAM: GM011.

Godre'r Graig is a village and an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales.

Mynydd Marchywel is a 418-metre (1,371 ft) high hill in the Neath Port Talbot area in South Wales. Its summit is marked both by a cairn and a trig point. The larger part of the hill is cloaked in modern forestry through which numerous streams fall away westward to the River Tawe, eastward to the River Dulais and southward into the Clydach, the latter two being tributaries of the River Neath.

Rheola is a small settlement in the county of Neath Port Talbot. It is situated between Resolven and Glynneath, on the B4242. The Neath Canal, A465 and River Neath all pass nearby. The settlement consists of Rheola House and its ancillary buildings, and stables, sited alongside Rheola Brook, which joins the River Neath 500 yards (metres) to the south. The Rheola Estate was the site of an aluminium factory from 1939 to 1981, although mainly used for coal screening in later years. The Rheola factory buildings were then used as a weekly market. In 2014, permission was granted for building 46 houses on the factory site, as an enabling development to renovate and secure the Grade II* listed Rheola House.

The Lido Ground, currently known as the Marstons Stadium for sponsorship purposes, is a field sports stadium located on Princess Margaret Way in Aberavon, Wales.

Margam Stones Museum is a small Victorian schoolhouse near Port Talbot, South Wales, which now provides a home for one of the most important collections of Celtic stone crosses in Britain. All originally found within the locality of Margam, and mostly assembled as a collection in the 19th century, they provide enduring testimony to a Welsh Christian culture between the 6th and 16th centuries. The striking Cross of Conbelin is the most celebrated example. From around 1000 AD, it is a huge disc cross with Celtic interlace and plaitwork patterns, figurative scenes including a hunting scene, and inscriptions telling us who made it and who erected it. There are 17 early Christian stones, plus 11 memorials and other stones from the post-Norman periods. The museum is run by Cadw, the Welsh historic sites agency, and is close to Margam Abbey Church and the ruins of the Abbey buildings.

Steel Company of Wales Ground is a cricket ground in Margam, Glamorgan. The ground was initially built and owned by the Steel Company of Wales for the workers at the nearby Port Talbot Steelworks. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1949, when Margam played Glamorgan Club and Ground.

The Swansea Urban Area or Swansea Built-up Area is an area of land in south Wales, defined by the Office for National Statistics for population monitoring purposes. It is an urban conurbation and is not coterminous with the City and County of Swansea. It consists of the urban area centred on Swansea city centre; the Swansea Valley including Clydach, Ystradgynlais and Pontardawe; and includes Neath and Port Talbot which are outside the county boundaries, but excludes the urban area of Gorseinon within the county boundaries.

The Swansea Valley (Welsh: Cwm Tawe; lit. 'Tawe Valley') is one of the South Wales Valleys. It is the valley from the Brecon Beacons National Park to the sea at Swansea of the River Tawe in Wales. Administration of the area is divided between the City and County of Swansea, Neath Port Talbot County Borough, and Powys. A distinction may be drawn between the Lower Swansea valley and the Upper Swansea valley; the former was more heavily industrialised during the 19th and 20th centuries.

The Tarenni Colliery (Welsh: Gloddfa Tarenni) and its associated workings, are a series of coal mines and pits located between the villages of Godre'r Graig and Cilybebyll located in the valley of the River Tawe, in Neath Port Talbot county borough, South Wales.

Tir Iarll (Welsh for 'Earl's Land'; Welsh pronunciation: [ˌtiːr ˈjarɬ]), is the traditional name of an area of Glamorgan, Wales, which has long had a particular resonance in Welsh culture.

The Vale of Neath (or Neath Valley, Welsh: Cwm Nedd), one of the South Wales Valleys, encompasses the upper reaches of the River Neath in southwest Wales. In addition to the River Neath, it is traversed by the Neath Canal and the A465 dual carriageway.

Victoria Roadis a field sports stadium located on Victoria Road in Port Talbot, Wales.

XS (formerly Afan FM) was a community radio station which served Neath Port Talbot. The station was owned and operated by Neath Port Talbot Broadcasting CIC and aired a mix of dance & alternative music and local information, targeted at 11-25 year olds. The station was based at studios in the Water Street Business Centre in Port Talbot.

The 1906 Swansea earthquake hit near the town of Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales on 27 June. It was one of the most damaging to hit Britain during the twentieth century, with a small area reaching an intensity of VII on the Medvedev–Sponheuer–Karnik scale.

The A4107 road is an A road in Neath Port Talbot County Borough, Wales. It begins in Port Talbot and heads up the Afan Valley in a north easterly direction. It then continues over the moors eastwards until it connects with the A4061 road south west of Treorchy in the Rhondda Valley.

The A4109 road, known as the Inter Valley Road, links Aberdulais with Glynneath in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales.

The A4230 is a suburban main road in south Wales.

The A4241 Port Talbot Peripheral Distributor Road is a distributor road serving Port Talbot, Wales.

The A474 is a suburban main route in south Wales.

The Aberdulais Falls are found on the River Dulais at Aberdulais, near Neath in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales. The falls are formed as the river plunges over beds of hard Lower Pennant Sandstone just before meeting the River Neath flowing down the Vale of Neath. They are home to one of Europe's largest electricity-generating water wheels.

Aberdylais halt railway station served the village of Aberdulais in Wales. It was located on the line from Neath to Merthyr Tydfil.

Aberpergwm is the site of a colliery in the Vale of Neath near Glynneath in south Wales.

Swansea Bay University Health Board (SBUHB) (Welsh: Bwrdd lechyd Prifysgol Bae Abertawe) is the local health board of NHS Wales for Swansea and Neath Port Talbot, in the south-west of Wales. Established as Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board (ABMUHB) in 2009, it was renamed and had its boundaries altered on 1 April 2019. In February 2019 it was decided to rename it Swansea Bay University Health Board and to alter the boundary with the Cwm Taf University Health Board (now Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board).

Beulah Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, also known locally as "The Round Chapel" and in Welsh as "Capel y Groes", is a Grade II*-listed building in Margam, Port Talbot, Wales. It originally built in the mid-nineteenth century and had to be dismantled and moved in 1974 to make way for the new M4 motorway.

St Catharine's Church is the mother church of the parish of Baglan in Port Talbot, South Wales.

The Neath Abbey television relay station is sited on a hill north of the town of Neath. It was originally built in the 1980s as a fill-in relay for UHF analogue television serving the parts of the town of Neath to its east with its vertically polarised signal, and the parts of the town to its northwest with its horizontally polarised signal. This is an unusual layout, chosen to avoid signal degradation from reflections off the cliffs to the north. The site consists of a 12 m self-supporting lattice mast standing on land which is itself about 80 m above sea level. The Neath Abbey transmission station is owned and operated by Arqiva.

British Steel (Port Talbot) Golf Club (Welsh: Clwb Golff Port Talbot) is a golf club with a 9-hole course based just outside Port Talbot at Neath Port Talbot, Wales. The members course is only available on pre-booked tee times.

Buarth-y-Gaer (pronounced [ˈbɪ.arθ ə ɡɑːɨr]) is an Iron Age hillfort or enclosure on the summit of Mynydd-y-Gaer, 300 m (980 ft) above sea level. It is in Briton Ferry community, near Neath, in Neath Port Talbot, South Wales. A large hilltop enclosure is bounded by a single bank and ditch. Within the enclosed area is a Bronze Age burial mound.

Foel Chwern is a Round cairn on the edge of the high plateau east of the Neath valley, and near the summit of Craig y Llyn. The headwaters of the River Rhondda are to the south-west. It is a burial monument dating to the Bronze Age, and is sited on the edge of a steep scarp slope, with a wide field of view to the north. The long distance footpath Coed Morgannwg Way runs close by the cairn. Conifer plantations of the Rheola Forest surround the site.

Rheola House is a Grade II* listed country house between Glynneath and Resolven, in the Neath valley, South Wales. Designed by John Nash, it was built between 1812 and 1814 for Nash's cousin, John Edwards. It passed through inheritance to members of the Edwards, Vaughan, and Lee families, until in 1939, with the house becoming run down, it was bought by an aluminium company for use as offices, and part of the land was put to industrial uses. In 2012 an application was made for housing on the industrialised area, to enable restoration of the house and a leisure complex to sustain the estate. The application was granted in 2014. The gardens and park around the house are designated Grade II on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.

Ysgol gynradd ym Mhontardawe, Castell-nedd Port Talbot ydy Ysgol Gynradd Alltwen neu Alltwen Primary School, sy'n addysgu plant o oedran 3-11 drwy gyfrwng y Saesneg. Sefydlwyd yr ysgol yn 1904.

The Alltwen television relay station is sited on a hill to the southwest of Pontardawe in the Swansea Valley, at least a kilometre away from the village of Alltwen from which it takes its name. It was originally built in the late 1980s as a fill-in relay for UHF analogue colour television. It consists of a 17 m self-supporting lattice mast standing on Craig Glyn Meirch, a hillside which is itself about 140 m above sea level (about 90 m above the valley floor). The transmitters are beamed northwards and eastwards to cater for those digital terrestrial TV subscribers in the towns of Pontardawe and Alltwen who for reasons of geography can't get a signal from the much bigger and more powerful Pontardawe transmitter. The Alltwen transmission station is owned and operated by Arqiva.

BP Oil Refinery Ltd Ground is a cricket ground in Llandarcy, Neath Port Talbot, Wales. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1950, when the Glamorgan Second XI played the Gloucestershire Second XI in the 1950 Minor Counties Championship. The ground has held a further 19 Second XI fixtures for the Glamorgan Second XI in both the Second XI Championship and Second XI Trophy.

The Briton Ferry television relay station is sited on a hill to the east of Briton Ferry. It was originally built in the 1970s as a fill-in relay for UHF analogue colour television. It consists of a 25 m self-supporting lattice mast standing on a hillside which is itself about 180 m above sea level (about 150 m above the town). The transmitters are beamed towards the southwest and northwest to cater for those digital terrestrial TV subscribers in Briton Ferry and western Neath which for reasons of geography can't get a signal direct from the Kilvey Hill transmitter at Swansea nor from the relay transmitter at Neath Abbey across the valley. The Briton Ferry transmission station is owned and operated by Arqiva.

Nant Ffrwdwyllt (sometimes known as Nant Cwm Farteg) is a stream that runs through Cwm Dyffryn, within the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, from the village of Bryn, through the village of Goytre and the district of Taibach in Port Talbot, to the sea. The stream was originally a tributary of the River Afan but was diverted in the 18th century into the ironworks at what was to become Port Talbot to provide a source of water. It now flows into Port Talbot Docks. Several streets are or have been named after it, notably the present-day Ffrwdwyllt Street in Taibach, where the stream runs close to St Theodore's Church and the Talbot Memorial Park.

The Llandarcy Oil Refinery, also known as the National Oil Refinery, BP Llandarcy and Skewen refinery, was the United Kingdom's first oil refinery, initially opened by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (renamed the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company from 1935 and the British Petroleum Company from 1954) on 29 June 1922, although operations had begun on 1 July 1921. Before this, the only oil refined in the UK came from Scottish shale.

Neath Town Hall (Welsh: Neuadd y Dref Castell-nedd) is a municipal building in Church Place, Neath, South Wales. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Neath Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.

Briton Ferry Road railway station served the town of Briton Ferry, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1863 to 1936 on the Vale of Neath Railway. Nearby was Llandarcy Oil Refinery.

Nidum (or NIDVM) is a Roman fort found in Cwrt Herbert near the town of Neath, in Wales. An Auxiliary fort first built in around 74AD from earth banks and wooden structures, it underwent a reduction in size from 3.3 to 2.3 hectares (8 to 6 acres) soon afterwards. It may have been garrisoned by perhaps 500 Auxiliary troops. It was abandoned in around 125AD, but re-occupied around 140AD when it was rebuilt in stone. However it was only occupied until 170AD, with 100 years of disuse before a final period in use from AD 275 and 320.

Holy Cross Church, Port Talbot, also known locally as the "Chapel of Ease", is a Victorian church located centrally in the Taibach district of Port Talbot, Wales. Prior to the building of the M4 motorway flyover through the centre of the town in the 1960s, it was in the centre of a residential area, but it is now dominated by junction 40 of the motorway. The land was originally donated by C. R. M. Talbot, MP, the owner of the Margam Abbey estate, as a church for local people who could not get to the abbey itself to worship.

Ynysygerwn Football Club is a Welsh football club based in Aberdulais, situated approximately two miles from Neath town centre. The club currently competes Ardal SW League.

Groes was a village south of Port Talbot in the county of Glamorgan, Wales. It was demolished in 1976 to make way for Junction 39 of the new M4 motorway.

The Skewen Dram Road was a 3 miles (5 km) long mining railway near Skewen in Wales with a gauge of 2 feet 7+1⁄2 inches (800 mm).

The Baked Bean Museum of Excellence was a private museum located in Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom. The Baked Bean Museum Of Excellence closed in 2023.

Briton Ferry Llansawel AFC Ladies is a football team, playing in the Women's Welsh Premier League, to which they were promoted in 2024. Briton Ferry Llansawel run a senior ladies team, a ladies reserves team and a ladies youth team.

Baglan Dragons Association Football Club is a Welsh football team based in Baglan, Port Talbot, Wales. They play in the Cymru South.

Cwrt Herbert, also sometimes called Court Herbert, is a small community to the east of Neath Abbey in south Wales. It developed as a mining village servicing the Cwrt Herbert Colliery in the mid 19th century. The colliery closed in 1929.

Glyncorrwg railway station served the village of Glyncorrwg, in the historic county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1918 to the 1960s on the South Wales Mineral Railway.

Nantewlaeth Colliery Halt railway station served Nantewlaeth Colliery, located in the village of Glyncorrwg, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1940 to 1955 on the South Wales Mineral Railway.

Neath Canal Side railway station served the town of Neath, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1895 to 1935 on the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway.

Cilfrew railway station served the village of Cilfrew, in the historical county of Glamorgan, Wales, from 1888 to 1962 on the Neath and Brecon Railway.

Briton Ferry East railway station served the town of Briton Ferry, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1895 to 1935 on the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway.

Cwmllynfell railway station served the village of Cwmllynfell, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1896 to 1964 on the Swansea Vale Railway.

Bryn railway station served the village of Bryn, Neath Port Talbot, Wales, from 1898 to 1964 on the Port Talbot Railway.

Baldwins Halt railway station served the area of Crymlyn Burrows, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1924 to 1933 on the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway.

British Rhondda Halt railway station served the area of Pont Walby, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1906 to 1911 on the Vale of Neath Railway.

Cadoxton Terrace Halt railway station served the village of Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1929 to 1964 on the Neath and Brecon Railway.

Cefn Coed Colliery Halt railway station served the village of Crynant, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1930 to 1962 on the Neath and Brecon Railway.

Penscynor Halt railway station served the village of Cilfrew, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1929 to 1962 on the Neath and Brecon Railway.

Cwmrhyd-y-Gau railway station served the area of Cwm Rhyd-y-Gau, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1935 to 1945 on the Vale of Neath Railway.

Duffryn Rhondda Halt railway station served the area of Duffryn Rhondda, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1905 to 1966 on the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway.

Llandarcy Halt railway station served the village of Llandarcy, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1924 to 1947 on the Swansea District Line.

Melyncourt Halt railway station co-served the village of Resolven, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1905 to 1964 on the Vale of Neath Railway.

Pantyffordd Halt railway station served the area of Pant-y-ffordd, in the historical county of Glamorgan, Wales, from 1929 to 1962 on the Neath and Brecon Railway.

The Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE) is a proposed train, railway infrastructure and technology testing facility, located in Onllwyn, Wales, where the site sits on the border between Neath Port Talbot and Powys.

Port Talbot Steelworks is a steel mill in Port Talbot, Wales. It is the largest steelworks in the United Kingdom and one of the largest in the world. Over 4,000 people worked at the plant until the last blast furnace closed in October 2024. Around 2,000 employees remain after this time, processing imported steel slabs to produce rolled steel products. The mill is in the process of building a 320-ton capacity electric arc furnace which would be operational in late 2027.

Pentref ym mwrdeistref sirol Castell-nedd Port Talbot, Cymru, yw Bedd y Cawr. Saif ar gyrion Llansawel. Mae iard datgymalu hen longau yno.

Carnedd gron (Saesneg: round cairn) sy'n dyddio'n ôl i ddiwedd Oes y Cerrig a chychwyn Oes yr Efydd ydy Carnedd gron Cefn Mawr, yng nghymuned Pelenna, Castell-nedd Port Talbot; cyfeiriad grid SS840985. Ei phwrpas, mae'n debyg, oedd bod yn rhan o seremoniau neu ddefodau crefyddol a oedd yn ymwneud â chladdu'r meirw. Ni ddylid cymysgu'r garnedd gron gyda'r garnedd gylchog (Saesneg: ring cairn) sy'n fath cwbwl wahanol i garnedd.

Carnedd gron (Saesneg: round cairn) sy'n dyddio'n ôl i ddiwedd Oes y Cerrig a chychwyn Oes yr Efydd ydy Carnedd gron Ergyd Isaf, yng nghymuned Tai-bach, Castell-nedd Port Talbot; cyfeiriad grid SS794886. Ei phwrpas, mae'n debyg, oedd bod yn rhan o seremoniau neu ddefodau crefyddol a oedd yn ymwneud â chladdu'r meirw. Ni ddylid cymysgu'r garnedd gron gyda'r garnedd gylchog (Saesneg: ring cairn) sy'n fath cwbwl wahanol i garnedd.

Carnedd gron (Saesneg: round cairn) sy'n dyddio'n ôl i ddiwedd Oes y Cerrig a chychwyn Oes yr Efydd ydy Carnedd gron Llandarcy, yng nghymuned Coed-ffranc, Castell-nedd Port Talbot; cyfeiriad grid SS718953. Ei phwrpas, mae'n debyg, oedd bod yn rhan o seremoniau neu ddefodau crefyddol a oedd yn ymwneud â chladdu'r meirw. Ni ddylid cymysgu'r garnedd gron gyda'r garnedd gylchog (Saesneg: ring cairn) sy'n fath cwbwl wahanol i garnedd.

Carnedd gron (Saesneg: round cairn) sy'n dyddio'n ôl i ddiwedd Oes y Cerrig a chychwyn Oes yr Efydd ydy Carnedd gron Mynydd March Hywel, yng nghymuned Y Creunant, Castell-nedd Port Talbot; cyfeiriad grid SN773048. Ei phwrpas, mae'n debyg, oedd bod yn rhan o seremoniau neu ddefodau crefyddol a oedd yn ymwneud â chladdu'r meirw. Ni ddylid cymysgu'r garnedd gron gyda'r garnedd gylchog (Saesneg: ring cairn) sy'n fath cwbwl wahanol i garnedd.

Carnedd gron (Saesneg: round cairn) sy'n dyddio'n ôl i ddiwedd Oes y Cerrig a chychwyn Oes yr Efydd ydy Carnedd gron Bachgen Carreg, yng nghymuned Treherbert, Rhondda Cynon Taf; cyfeiriad grid SS908981. Ei phwrpas, mae'n debyg, oedd bod yn rhan o seremoniau neu ddefodau crefyddol a oedd yn ymwneud â chladdu'r meirw. Ni ddylid cymysgu'r garnedd gron gyda'r garnedd gylchog (Saesneg: ring cairn) sy'n fath cwbwl wahanol i garnedd.

Carnedd gron (Saesneg: round cairn) sy'n dyddio'n ôl i ddiwedd Oes y Cerrig a chychwyn Oes yr Efydd ydy Carnedd gron Carn Caglau, yng nghymuned Glyncorrwg, Castell-nedd Port Talbot; cyfeiriad grid SN 860 004. Ei phwrpas, mae'n debyg, oedd bod yn rhan o seremoniau neu ddefodau crefyddol a oedd yn ymwneud â chladdu'r meirw. Ni ddylid cymysgu'r garnedd gron gyda'r garnedd gylchog (Saesneg: ring cairn) sy'n fath cwbwl wahanol i garnedd.

Carnedd gron (Saesneg: round cairn) sy'n dyddio'n ôl i ddiwedd Oes y Cerrig a chychwyn Oes yr Efydd ydy Carnedd gron Carn Cornel, yng nghymuned Blaendulais, Castell-nedd Port Talbot; cyfeiriad grid SN816062. Ei phwrpas, mae'n debyg, oedd bod yn rhan o seremoniau neu ddefodau crefyddol a oedd yn ymwneud â chladdu'r meirw. Ni ddylid cymysgu'r garnedd gron gyda'r garnedd gylchog (Saesneg: ring cairn) sy'n fath cwbwl wahanol i garnedd.

Carnedd gron (Saesneg: round cairn) sy'n dyddio'n ôl i ddiwedd Oes y Cerrig a chychwyn Oes yr Efydd ydy Carnedd gron Crug yr Afan, a saif ar fynydd Twyn Crugyrafan yng nghymuned Treorci, Rhondda Cynon Taf; cyfeiriad grid SS920954. Ei phwrpas, mae'n debyg, oedd bod yn rhan o seremoniau neu ddefodau crefyddol a oedd yn ymwneud â chladdu'r meirw. Ni ddylid cymysgu'r garnedd gron gyda'r garnedd gylchog (Saesneg: ring cairn) sy'n fath cwbwl wahanol i garnedd.

Carnedd gron (Saesneg: round cairn) sy'n dyddio'n ôl i ddiwedd Oes y Cerrig a chychwyn Oes yr Efydd ydy Carnedd gron Ergyd Uchaf, yng nghymuned Margam, Castell-nedd Port Talbot; cyfeiriad grid SS806888. Ei phwrpas, mae'n debyg, oedd bod yn rhan o seremoniau neu ddefodau crefyddol a oedd yn ymwneud â chladdu'r meirw. Ni ddylid cymysgu'r garnedd gron gyda'r garnedd gylchog (Saesneg: ring cairn) sy'n fath cwbwl wahanol i garnedd.

Carnedd gron (Saesneg: round cairn) sy'n dyddio'n ôl i ddiwedd Oes y Cerrig a chychwyn Oes yr Efydd ydy Carnedd gron Foel Fynyddau, yng nghymuned Pelenna, Castell-nedd Port Talbot; cyfeiriad grid SS782935. Ei phwrpas, mae'n debyg, oedd bod yn rhan o seremoniau neu ddefodau crefyddol a oedd yn ymwneud â chladdu'r meirw. Ni ddylid cymysgu'r garnedd gron gyda'r garnedd gylchog (Saesneg: ring cairn) sy'n fath cwbwl wahanol i garnedd.

Carnedd gron (Saesneg: round cairn) sy'n dyddio'n ôl i ddiwedd Oes y Cerrig a chychwyn Oes yr Efydd ydy Carnedd gron Gelli-Bwch, yng nghymuned Coed-ffranc, Castell-nedd Port Talbot; cyfeiriad grid SS720947. Ei phwrpas, mae'n debyg, oedd bod yn rhan o seremoniau neu ddefodau crefyddol a oedd yn ymwneud â chladdu'r meirw. Ni ddylid cymysgu'r garnedd gron gyda'r garnedd gylchog (Saesneg: ring cairn) sy'n fath cwbwl wahanol i garnedd.

Carneddau crynion (Saesneg: round cairn) sy'n dyddio'n ôl i ddiwedd Oes y Cerrig a chychwyn Oes yr Efydd ydy Tair carnedd gron Mynydd Drumau, yng nghymuned Dyffryn Clydach, Castell-nedd Port Talbot; cyfeiriad grid SS725994. Eu pwrpas, mae'n debyg, oedd bod yn rhan o seremoniau neu ddefodau crefyddol a oedd yn ymwneud â chladdu'r meirw. Ni ddylid cymysgu'r garnedd gron gyda'r garnedd gylchog (Saesneg: ring cairn) sy'n fath cwbwl wahanol i garnedd.

Heneb, a math o feddrod siambr sy'n perthyn i Oes yr Efydd (rhwng 2,000 a 700 CC) ydy Carn Llechart, a leolir ger Pontardawe, Castell-nedd Port Talbot; cyfeiriad grid SN696062.

Crug crwn 10 metr o ddiamedr ac 1.1 metr o uchder ac a godwyd gan bobl Oes Newydd y Cerrig neu Oes yr Efydd fel rhan o'u seremonïau neu i gladdu'r meirw ydy Crug Bryn Llydan, yng nghymuned Glyncorrwg, Castell-nedd Port Talbot; cyfeiriad grid SN869004. Mae wedi ei ddifrodi cryn dipyn gan y broses o aredig, yn ddiweddar.

Heneb, a math o feddrodau siambr (Saesneg: chambered tomb) sy'n perthyn i Oes Newydd y Cerrig neu Oes yr Efydd a chyn hynny (rhwng 3,000 a 2,400 C.C.) ydy Pen-yr-Alltwen (beddrod siambr), Cilybebyll, Castell-nedd Port Talbot; cyfeiriad grid SN731033.

Carneddau ymylfaen ydy tair carnedd gron Carn Caca, a leolir yng nghymuned Y Clun a Melin-cwrt, Castell-nedd Port Talbot ac sy'n dyddio'n ôl i Oes yr Efydd; cyfeiriad grid SN822007.

Croes eglwysig a gerfiwyd o garreg yn y Canol Oesoedd ydy Croes Cwrt Herbert, Dyffryn Clydach, Castell-nedd Port Talbot; cyfeiriad grid SS740976.

Carnedd gylchog o'r Oes Efydd ydy Bodfog (carnedd), Margam, Castell-nedd Port Talbot; cyfeiriad grid SS830887.

Carnedd gylchog o Oes yr Efydd ydy Pebyll, Glyncorrwg, Castell-nedd Port Talbot; cyfeiriad grid SS910972.

Safle carnedd gylchog o Oes yr Efydd ydy Coed Ddu, Crynant, Castell-nedd Port Talbot; cyfeiriad grid SN 807 062.

Bryn a chopa yng Nghastell-nedd Port Talbot yw Cefnllan. Uchder y copa o lefel y môr ydy 245 metr (804 tr) a'r amlygrwydd topograffig yw 31 metr (101.7 tr). Mae'n un o dros 2,600 o fryniau a mynyddoedd sy'n cael eu cydnabod yn swyddogol yng Nghymru.

Bryn a chopa yng Nghastell-nedd Port Talbot yw Penisa'r-coed. Uchder y copa o lefel y môr ydy 89 metr (292 tr) a'r amlygrwydd topograffig yw 41 metr (134.5 tr). Mae'n un o dros 2,600 o fryniau a mynyddoedd sy'n cael eu cydnabod yn swyddogol yng Nghymru.

Mae Craig y Llyn (y ffin) yn gopa mynydd a geir rhwng Castell-nedd a Chas-gwent; cyfeiriad grid SN909031. Uchder cymharol, neu ”amlygrwydd” y copa, ydy metr: dyma'r uchder mae'r copa'n codi uwchlaw'r mynydd agosaf.

Mae Twyn Crugyrafan (Graig Fawr) yn gopa mynydd a geir rhwng Castell-nedd a Chas-gwent; cyfeiriad grid SS920954. Uchder cymharol, neu ”amlygrwydd” y copa, ydy 523 metr: dyma'r uchder mae'r copa'n codi uwchlaw'r mynydd agosaf.

Bryn a chopa yng Nghastell-nedd Port Talbot yw Mynydd Corrwg Fechan. Uchder y copa o lefel y môr ydy 412 metr (1352 tr) a'r amlygrwydd topograffig yw 37 metr (121.4 tr). Mae'n un o dros 2,600 o fryniau a mynyddoedd sy'n cael eu cydnabod yn swyddogol yng Nghymru.

Mae Cefn Gwrhyd, Rhydyfro wedi'i ddynodi'n Safle o Ddiddordeb Gwyddonol Arbennig yng Nghymru (SoDdGA neu SSSI) ers 01 Ionawr 1979 fel ymgais gadwraethol i amddiffyn a gwarchod y safle. Mae ei arwynebedd yn 67.17 hectar. Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru yw'r corff sy'n gyfrifol am y safle.

Mae Dolydd Gwrhyd, yn sir Castell-nedd Port Talbot, wedi'u dynodi'n Safle o Ddiddordeb Gwyddonol Arbennig yng Nghymru (SoDdGA neu SSSI) ers 28 Tachwedd 1990 fel ymgais gadwraethol i amddiffyn a gwarchod y safle. Mae ei arwynebedd yn 61.76 hectar. Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru yw'r corff sy'n gyfrifol am y safle.

Mae Rhostir Margam wedi'i ddynodi'n Safle o Ddiddordeb Gwyddonol Arbennig yng Nghymru (SoDdGA neu SSSI) ers 11 Chwefror 1985 fel ymgais gadwraethol i amddiffyn a gwarchod y safle. Mae ei arwynebedd yn 109.53 hectar. Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru yw'r corff sy'n gyfrifol am y safle.

Mae Cors Fforest Goch wedi'i ddynodi'n Safle o Ddiddordeb Gwyddonol Arbennig yng Nghymru (SoDdGA neu SSSI) ers 09 Chwefror 2011 fel ymgais gadwraethol i amddiffyn a gwarchod y safle. Mae ei arwynebedd yn 11.62 hectar. Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru yw'r corff sy'n gyfrifol am y safle.

Mae Coed Cwm Du, Cilmaengwyn wedi'i ddynodi'n Safle o Ddiddordeb Gwyddonol Arbennig yng Nghymru (SoDdGA neu SSSI) ers 01 Ionawr 1979 fel ymgais gadwraethol i amddiffyn a gwarchod y safle. Mae ei arwynebedd yn 27.29 hectar. Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru yw'r corff sy'n gyfrifol am y safle.

Mae Cwm Gwrelych a Nant Llyn Fach wedi'i ddynodi'n Safle o Ddiddordeb Gwyddonol Arbennig yng Nghymru (SoDdGA neu SSSI) ers 01 Ionawr 1965 fel ymgais gadwraethol i amddiffyn a gwarchod y safle. Mae ei arwynebedd yn 35.74 hectar. Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru yw'r corff sy'n gyfrifol am y safle.

Mae Gorsllwyn, ger pentref Onllwyn yng ngogledd bwrdeistref sirol Castell-nedd Port Talbot, wedi'i ddynodi'n Safle o Ddiddordeb Gwyddonol Arbennig yng Nghymru (SoDdGA neu SSSI) ers 01 Ionawr 1979 fel ymgais gadwraethol i amddiffyn a gwarchod y safle. Mae ei arwynebedd yn 39.04 hectar. Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru yw'r corff sy'n gyfrifol am y safle.

Mae Gwaun Hafod Wennol wedi'i ddynodi'n Safle o Ddiddordeb Gwyddonol Arbennig yng Nghymru (SoDdGA neu SSSI) ers 06 Rhagfyr 1993 fel ymgais gadwraethol i amddiffyn a gwarchod y safle. Mae ei arwynebedd yn 17.47 hectar. Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru yw'r corff sy'n gyfrifol am y safle.

Mae Tairgwaith wedi'i ddynodi'n Safle o Ddiddordeb Gwyddonol Arbennig yng Nghymru (SoDdGA neu SSSI) ers 06 Hydref 2003 fel ymgais gadwraethol i amddiffyn a gwarchod y safle. Mae ei arwynebedd yn 4.56 hectar. Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru yw'r corff sy'n gyfrifol am y safle.

Mae Pant-y-sais wedi'i ddynodi'n Safle o Ddiddordeb Gwyddonol Arbennig yng Nghymru (SoDdGA neu SSSI) ers 1 Ionawr 1979 fel ymgais gadwraethol i amddiffyn a gwarchod y safle. Mae ei arwynebedd yn 19.03 hectar. Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru yw'r corff sy'n gyfrifol am y safle.

Mae Frondeg wedi'i ddynodi'n Safle o Ddiddordeb Gwyddonol Arbennig yng Nghymru (SoDdGA neu SSSI) ers 14 Mehefin 2000 fel ymgais gadwraethol i amddiffyn a gwarchod y safle. Mae ei arwynebedd yn 8.69 hectar. Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru yw'r corff sy'n gyfrifol am y safle.

Mae Pen-y-Castell (bryngaer) yn fryngaer Geltaidd sy'n perthyn i Oes yr Haearn, ac sydd wedi'i lleoli ger Cwmafon yn Castell-nedd Port Talbot, Cymru; cyfeirnod OS: SS788917.

Mae Mynydd y Castell yn fryngaer Geltaidd sy'n perthyn i Oes yr Haearn, ac sydd wedi'i lleoli ger Margam yn Castell-nedd Port Talbot, Cymru; cyfeirnod OS: SS806865.

Mae Mynydd y Gaer Isaf yn fryngaer Geltaidd sy'n perthyn i Oes yr Haearn, ac sydd wedi'i lleoli ger Llansawel yn Castell-nedd Port Talbot, Cymru; cyfeirnod OS: SS765942.

Mae Buarth y Gaer yn fryngaer Geltaidd sy'n perthyn i Oes yr Haearn, ac sydd wedi'i lleoli ar Fynydd y Gaer ger Llansawel yn sir Castell-nedd Port Talbot, Cymru; cyfeirnod OS: SS765939.